netdev - Re: [PATCH try#2] Blackfin ethernet driver: on chip ethernet MAC controller driver

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Date:	Sun, 15 Jul 2007 20:10:30 +0800
From:	Bryan Wu <bryan.wu@...log.com>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:	Michael Buesch <mb@...sch.de>, bryan.wu@...log.com,
	Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@...il.com>,
	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH try#2] Blackfin ethernet driver: on chip ethernet MAC
	controller driver

On Sun, 2007-07-15 at 11:53 +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 15, 2007 at 12:36:51PM +0200, Michael Buesch wrote:
> > On Sunday 15 July 2007 11:27:09 Bryan Wu wrote:
> > > +#if defined(CONFIG_BFIN_MAC_USE_L1)
> > > +# define bfin_mac_alloc(dma_handle, size)  l1_data_sram_zalloc(size)
> > > +# define bfin_mac_free(dma_handle, ptr)    l1_data_sram_free(ptr)
> > > +#else
> > > +# define bfin_mac_alloc(dma_handle, size) \
> > > +	 dma_alloc_coherent(NULL, size, dma_handle, GFP_NORMAL)
> > 
> > What is GFP_NORMAL? It's not defined in latest linus' tree.
> > I think you should use GFP_KERNEL, if you can sleep, or GFP_ATOMIC,
> > if you can't.
> 
> Actually this whole thing looks fishy.  There should be a struct device
> for the dma allocation, through a platform_device.  And the
> CONFIG_BFIN_MAC_USE_L1 should go away, the l1 sram should have a dma
> provider so this can be handled through the dma api.

We do have L1 memory DMA allocator and manager, it is depends on
Blackfin arch.
And this driver is Blackfin on-chip ethernet MAC controller. 

So it is OK, any idea?

Thanks
- Bryan Wu
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